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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
1
An excerpt advertises a Savings Bank and Childs Sketch Book with a Good Luck Penny, inviting readers to send to a paper for the ad. The notice mentions druggists and the publishers Scott and Bowne at 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Issued every Thursday by Sadler Bros Co. Editor and business manager. Post office entry at Pella Iowa as second class matter.
Mayor Clerk and city officials listed include Marshall Assessor Treasurer Jacob Plender J. S. Wilson A. Waechter Council meets first and night of each month with N. J. Gesman A. C. Kuyper John Buckingham G. W. Kimmell A. N. Van der Linden. Gov. Carroll was absent from the First Peace contest. Pella and nearby towns discuss Fourth of July plans and appeal to Mr. Merchant to decide yes or no.
Kansas Governor W R Stubs vows bold action against bootlegging, proposing to mobilize the state militia if necessary to crush the illegal liquor trade amid rising tensions and political rhetoric. Local supporters rally behind his strong stance.
A new republic of Portugal enacted a law separating church and state. Observers say it sets a precedent for other nations to address religious influence in governance.
Gov. Carroll devotes much of his time to Muscatine constituents. The Muscatine issues may have kept him from attending Sunday night services in Pella for the Peace Conference.
A jumbled critique rails at a would be booster who digs for gains while readers doubt his efforts. The piece lampoons a stingy, freeloading neighbor who never funds the paper yet reads it regularly, borrowing or stealing from the local store.
A stern critique denounces insatiable greed that drives hoarding and self gain, arguing it worsens housing shortages and leaves many to seek scant livelihoods. It laments how covetous behavior erodes virtuous traits and harms later generations.
A Florida family mislaid their child for three days and placed a 25 cent newspaper ad. An alligator emerged from the door with the child alive, but died soon after. The family sold the hide for five dollars and now show the child in dime museums for fifty dollars weekly, proving advertising works.
Delivery clerk faces a crowd of issues as a drummer seeks future letters to be forwarded to New York. A man asks if a letter will go east on the 1:30 train while the boss recalls a stamped letter. Six men forget box combinations and demand mail. A woman insists there is a letter for her and a man challenges the clerk to step outside for a moment.
Journeymen plumbers of Marshalltown walked out last Saturday after master plumbers refused a raise from four dollars to four dollars fifty cents per eight hour day.
The quote contrasts a bold, independent, upright man who makes both friends and enemies with a chicken-hearted person who makes neither. It frames conduct as evidence of character and social impact.
The city electrician spent ten days testing lights on South Main Street and the square. Contractor Bortenlanger visited last Saturday to inspect the system and arrange replacement of small white globes on the electroliers with larger ones.
In a school district during suffrage, multiple lighthearted accidents occurred. A baby upset the burn, bread burned in the oven, a cat ate a canary, and a wife left rice cooking as the husband scooped rice from the kitchen door. Officials note these are minor and hope to prevent them next year.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and is endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin as trustworthy and able to fulfill obligations. The cure is described as internal and affecting blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available free and price cited at 75 cents per bottle. A secondary product, Hall's Family Pills for constipation, is also promoted.
The Harvey town board met in an adjourned session with D G van Zante and Allen Anderson present and John W Fisher absent. Minutes of April 5 were read. Ethel M Mart asked for tax cancellation of 11.86 and exemption for next year. council recommended cancellation but not exemption and the request was granted. The board agreed to view a vacated road petition by T Bridges et al and continued the matter after testimony and counsel arguments. Also the Loynachan highway petition in Clay township was heard and the board continued deliberations.
The passage advises judging tenants by their premises appearance. A tidy yard with trimmed bushes and blooming flowers signals neat, progressive occupants, while rubbish and neglect suggest otherwise. It urges everyone to clean up and beautify their property.
A fragmentary line asks if the reader ever pondered a city and its possibilities, presenting a playful puzzle fragment from a larger page.
The county board cancels its January 4 1911 decision on the J S Campbell consent highway petition in sections 84 36 township 75 range 11. It refers the road to John W Fisher for examination and action and adjourns to May 1 1911. The record lists claims allowed on court and county funds including Niewaal Fred Carbreter Cronkhite and McCord.
Little Miss Merle Thompson improves after a heart ailment. W J Wilson, now a dairy of sorts, touts success with three $1800 machines. State Board of Control members conduct semi annual inspection at inebriate hospital. David Robinson escapes a close wheel injury at C F Allen excavation. Lawrence Mart reports another brief respite from chronic nosebleed. C L Hardman seeks a replacement for his stallion Concilliant in Bushnell Illinois or Fairfax Iowa. Lightning destroys a 30 by 40 barn in Union township, J H Crozier’s property loses crop and stock. no insurance. Deputy Auditor J D Schlotterback returns from Michigan where option on farms expired May 1. land in peninsula area covered with stumps and debris. Marion county unlikely to lose deputy auditor.
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